The Delta independent., 1887-05-24

now on hand orders for 10000 car loads.
The stone is shipped to Omaha, Kansas
City, ST. Joseph. Topeka, Salt Lake City,
Denver, Lincoln and host Of smaller
towns. At present 200 men are employed,
though II sufficient empty cark could be OBJ
tained this number would be greatly in
creased.
The large paper warehouse of Kers-
tens, Peters & Co., at Denver, was discov-
cred to be on fire about midnight Sunday
night and before the flames were subdued
about S35, 900 worth OF paper stock had been
destroyed. The building also suffered a
loss of several thousand Almost a
panic was created in the American House,
situated near by. as the guests thought
the hotel was on fire.
A special from Ouray to the Denver
News says: The town has been thrown in
TO intense excitement over the latest and
greatest strike made in the county. 1t is
on the Black Girl camp, Paquin district A
vein Of solid ore, six feet in width, has been
found, which is pure gray copper and
brittle silver. This ore will run at least one
thousand per ton at present. The mine is
phouu'ihC toHo VI oIV pNi uhy. MO
property is on what is known as the Con-
tact, and is located Just opposite the town
of Portland, the terminus Of the Ouray
branch OF the Denver Il Rio Grande, and
was sold about two weeks ago to Boston
capitalist for sl0o,0
A dispatch from Aspen says that W.
S Heckart who has n ten mile contract for
grading on the Rio Grande out of Aspen to-
ward Glenwood, has arrived there and has
already established three camps along the
line Of his contract. His outfit will arrive
In day or two when he will have 500 men
at work throwing dirt and blasting
The Midland has begun stringing its
ties and the bridge builders will soon begin
work on the wooden structures. Several
bets have been made, some five to one, that
the Rio Grande will be the first road into
Aspen. Beth are pushing and struggling
hard for the first whack at Pitkin county
ores, all OF which every Aspenite is pleased
TO know.
Golden had a very successful market
day last Saturday. A dinner was given to
the gentlemen who are at the head OF the
enterprise at the Golden Hotel during the
aitsiuooH ps MI cHiiiur euitoi VI t4Ic
Globe. Amorg those present were AL
Townsend, County Clerk j. F. McQuistion,
John Churches, Sheriff Tom Nichols, B. F.
Wadsworth ard members Of the Denver
press. The menu consisted of articles
raised In jefferson county. They were on
the table samples of apples raised in Clear
Creek and Ralston Greek valleys by b. +.
wadsworth, David Lees, j. +. McQuistiCn
and Albert Hurst; preserves from the cell
lar OF Mrs. B F. Wadsworth, beer from the
brewery OF A. Coors and cream from the
farm OF J. NJ. johnson. Jr.
Rico had an old-fashioned "chivarir
last week. On Monday c. II. Carpenter,
principal owner OF the c. ii. c. mine. ar
rived In town with his bride, recently mar
ried in the East A number of his old ac-
quaintances determined on giving him a
little 'send or as is customary in this
country and about fifty turned out After
singing him number of songs and render
ing some instrumental music, Mr.. Carpen-
ter deputized a friend, at whose house he
happened to be, to say to the crowd that he
WAS not to be seen. This rather provoked
the boys, and they let of charge of giant
powder that shook the whole town, and
broke in the neighborhood OF hundred
were kept up until after 4 O'Clock in the
morning. During this time the armory of
the Rico Guards was broken open and about
500 rounds OF cartridges appropriated and
d!scharged.-San Miguel journal.